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Child Care Assistance Program Policy Manual Issued 05/2023 Extended Eligibility 9.15.6 Permanent end to activity When a parent has a permanent end to their only authorized activity (for all activities besides job search outside of an Employment Plan), the family continues to be eligible for up to three months or until their next redetermination, whichever occurs first. Extended Eligibility applies in all of these situations: • A parent’s employment or education activity ends permanently. • An MFIP or DWP participant has a permanent end to employment, education or other activity in an Employment Plan, and, after consulting with the job counselor, it is determined the parent is not participating in another activity. • An MFIP or DWP participant is sanctioned for not participating in all Employment Plan activities and is not participating in authorized activities outside of an Employment Plan. • An MFIP or DWP participant moves to a new county and by the end of the Unitary Residency period a new Employment Plan has not been approved and the participant does not have authorized activities outside of an Employment Plan. • A parent’s MFIP or DWP ends and the parent is not in an employment, education or training activity outside of an Employment Plan. • A parent’s MFIP or DWP ends and the parent’s participation in an activity is unknown. • A parent receiving assistance under MFIP/DWP Child Care for Student Parents stops attending school. • A parent receiving Basic Sliding Fee, Transition Year or Transition Year Extension child care applies for MFIP and is not in an authorized activity or their participation in an activity is unknown. • Another parent moves into the household and is not in an authorized activity. • A parent’s unable to care status has expired in a two-parent household. During the Extended Eligibility period, the family does not lose eligibility or have Service Authorizations suspended because the parent is not participating in authorized activities. Note: other reasons a family’s case may be suspended or terminated continue to apply. See Chapter 8.9 (Suspending) and Chapter 8.15 (Termination). Requirements at the end of a family’s Extended Eligibility At the end of the Extended Eligibility period, the parent must be participating in an authorized activity for eligibility to continue: • If the activity is employment, the parent does not have to meet minimum work requirements until redetermination. • If the activity is education outside of an Employment Plan, the parent must meet the education the criteria in the agency’s county and tribal child care fund plan. • If the parent is receiving MFIP/DWP child care, the parent must be participating in an authorized activity within an Employment Plan (see Chapter 4.6.3 (Authorized Activities Within An Employment Plan)) or an authorized activity outside an Employment Plan (see Chapter 4.6.6 (Authorized Activities Outside An Employment Plan)).